A Spider's misery.

Disclaimer: Same as Chapter 1. I DO NOT OWN/ I DID NOT CREATE KUROSHITSUJI!

You should know this by now. If you don't, shame on you. XD But seriously, I have no claim of Kuroshitsuji in any way, shape, or form. With that said….again, let us continue our journey in A Spider's misery.

Warning: This may turn into a Claude x Hannah and Sebastian x ? chapter story, I'm not sure. The hint is in the story on who Sebastian was with. Also, this…

"My name is Vidgealz" = Speaking

'My name is Vidgealz'= Thoughts Italic

My name is Vidgealz = Narrating

This is changed slightly when in a dream or flash back

"My name is Vidgealz"= Speaking

'My name is Vidgealz'Thoughts

My name is Vidgealz = Narrating Italic

Loud panting, begging, pleading, whimpers of pain, and blood splattering screams of agony can be heard from the abandoned ware house where Claude resided in. It has been 3 days since Sebastian put him to sleep. His body smothered in a sheet of sweat, deep open wounds, scars, bruises, and a pool of dark crimson blood. Trembling with fear and excruciating pain, Claude lays helplessly on the cold steel table, unable to awaken from his torturous state of mind. With his eyes shut tight in pain as tears trickled down his face, he continues his unwanted journey in his unwanted nightmare. However, this nightmare seems different from the one's he usually gets. This one featured a familiar lavender haired female demon and her 3 purple haired sons. Or should I say his wife and their triplet sons.

Claude's Nightmare (Hell)

Claude was smashed into the ground by 3 of Lucifer's strongest men, making a crater where he lays. Claude jumped back up on his feet to regroup himself from the hard impact. His shirt is torn and tattered, revealing his smooth, blood and dirt stained muscular upper body and toned biceps. 'I'm out numbered. They're too strong for me to handle on my own, but I won't let them harm my family. I promised them I would prevent that at all cost, and I tend to keep it.' With that in his mind, Claude sprinted forward with golden knives in hand and began to attack the 3 demons that dared to try and harm his family. With every demon he took down, 3 appeared in their place. Claude's is losing energy and strength with each wound given to him by his enemies, but Claude never gave up. He promised his family as well as himself that he would protect them, and he is a man of his word. Claude scanned his surrounding to see what he's up against. He was surrounded by demons. Some were weaker than him, some were as strong as him, and some were stronger than him.

He doesn't know how much longer he can last, but he would rather die than see his beloved and their children parish by the hands of these monsters. And so, he continued to fight.

Claude stabbed a brown haired demon in the head and again in the stomach. Blood spilled out of the brown haired enemy and he collapsed on the ground dead. As soon as Claude readied himself for another attack, three blonde haired demons rushed forward with their weapons out. Claude saw them out of the corner of his eye and threw 3 golden knives at them. 2 of the knives speared right in the head of the first two demons, the last knife was lunged into the heart of the last blonde demon, killing all of them on impact.

Five more came out, but each from a different direction. The first one came from his right and was also the nearest. The first demon tried to strike at Claude with his bare fist, but he ducked and punched the silver haired demon in the stomach with all his might, making him fall to his knees and hold his injured stomach as he coughed up blood. He passed out from blood loss. The second demon came from behind him, and tried to leg sweep him. But the spider demon jumped and landed on top of the light brown haired demons leg with as much pressure as possible. The Light brown hair demon yelled in agony as his leg snapped in 3 different areas from Claude landing on it.

The 3rd demon jumped on Claude's back and began to use his claws to stab and scratch at his back. Claude yelled a little and grimaced from the pain and flipped the gray haired demon of his back, which made him land on the silver haired demon in a crash of bodies and limbs. Claude had a deep stab wound in the middle of his back. The 3rd demon must have used enough strength to stab him from the back and make his fist appear through his stomach. Claude began to cough up blood like a water faucet, but he would not give in. With blood running down his mouth, he continued his battle. The last two demons ambushed him from behind.

The black haired one tackled him to the ground while the red haired one pulled out a black sword. Claude fought with the black haired demon. He kicked the black haired demon off of him and stood up. He ran up to the black haired demon and with a golden knife stabbed him in the head. The body collapsed to the ground with a thud. As he was catching his breath from his little fight with the black haired demon, he was unaware of the red haired demon sneaking up behind him.

With inhumane speed, the red headed demon ran up behind Claude and with all his strength stabbed him in the back. Making the sword enter through his back and exit out of his chest, barely missing his heart. Claude screamed with blood pouring out of his mouth. The red headed demon smirk at the pain Claude was in. "Did you really think you could disobey Lord Lucifer's command and get away with it? He ordered you to kill your family and you refused. Now you pay the price." said the red haired demon. Love was not allowed in hell. It was never heard of for a demon to love another being since they were the embodiment of sin. But Claude found love in his beloved wife, and had children of his own. When Lucifer ordered him to kill them off, he refused. He would never kill what he loved. No matter who told him too. 'It's all my fault my family is in this situation. I should have tried harder to prevent Lucifer from knowing about this. Now they're in danger of death. But I will not allow them to harm what I love.' With a new set of determination, Claude began to push the sword out of his body. The red haired demon was surprised and shocked to see Claude still fighting back, even with all of those wounds that covered his body. "I refused to kill the one's I love, and I won't let you, Lucifer, or anyone else harm them. Even if it costs me my life, I will protect them!" Claude pushed the entire sword out of his body and with lightning speed, grabbed the sword from the stunned demons hands and swiftly stabbed him in the stomach. The Red headed demon collapsed on his back and gasp for air. Then suddenly, began to laugh. At first, Claude thought the demon lost what little sanity he had, but then he noticed the demon was looking behind him. The demon took his last breath and died smiling. Claude decided to look behind him to see what that lunatic found so comical, but his eyes widened at the sight.

There stood 4 other demons that were holding his family as a hostage. His wife was beaten from head to toe. But as Claude look at her dress, he noticed she was bleeding from beneath it. His 3 sons were far from better. All three sons were bleeding from their mouth and stomachs with bruises all over them. The demons were basically carrying them since they were unconscious. And amongst the demons was the one and only Lord Lucifer, who had a large smirk on his face. Claude was furious with Lucifer, the other demons, but mostly at himself. He promised them that he would protect them from harm, he promised! But he didn't hold up to his word, and now they're injured and on the brink of death. He was beyond pissed with Lucifer's little game. This needs to end now! "Lucifer! Let them go! Your battle isn't with them, it's withme." Claude stated with anger and hatred in each word. Lucifer seemed amused at this little display of bravery. "Don't worry Claude, you will see your beloved wife and children set free soon. But first thingsfirst."

With speed of the fastest being alive, he appeared in front of Claude and punched him in the stomach. Claude screamed in pain and fell to the ground. His saw black dots in his vision but ignored it as he tried to stand up. Suddenly he felt himself be gripped around his neck tightly and lifted from the ground just to be smashed back into it over and over again. Soon, Claude stopped struggling with the grip around his throat. He was dizzy, his vision was blurred a bit, and his whole body was in pain. Claude was thrown into everything that Lucifer spotted. Houses, Walls, doors, roofs, the ground, etc. When Lucifer finally slammed him on the ground and didn't pick him back up, Claude was bleeding everywhere. His head, arms, stomach, mouth, chest, back, and legs were bleeding pools of blood from the deep wounds in them. He was then roughly grabbed by the back of his neck and lifted up to face Lucifer. "Claude, I'm disappointed in you. You never disobeyed me for any reason. And to come to find out you did this for love is a disgrace to all of demon kind. But do not fret spider, I will make an example out of you. That way, we won't have this problem again." stated Lucifer with a smile that could fool anyone. He slammed Claude back down on the ground and ordered another demon to hold him there. "Lift his head up, he must see this." Lucifer said. The demon obeyed and roughly lifted Claude's head off the ground. Claude could do nothing but watch. He was too tired, too injured, …too weak. Lucifer grabbed one of his sons by the head and shoved him to the ground. It was Timber. "There are 4 lessons you will learn today, Claude." Lucifer grabbed Timber by his hair and lifted his head up. With his free hand, he took out a black sword with a silver handle on it and puts it to Timbers throat. "Lesson number one: Never stand against your king." When he said that, he roughly slit Timber's throat. Making blood pour out of his throat like a waterfall. "NO!" Claude began to struggle to get up and run to his family, but the demon on top of him would not let him move no matter how much he tried. Tears began to form in Claude's eyes. His family he loved so much is dying slowly right in front of him, and he's too helpless to stop it. Lucifer continued his lessons. "Lesson number two:Never disobey your king." He took his sword and went over to Thompson. He stabbed his sword in Thompson's stomach. "PLEASE STOP!" Claude pleaded and struggled, but to no prevail. Lucifer went to lesson three. "Lesson number three: Do not disgrace my race ever again." He took his sword and made his way over to Canterbury. He raised his sword and swiftly lunged it into Canterbury's head. "PLEASE, I BEG OF YOU, STOP!" Claude yelled. He couldn't take it anymore. All three of his sons are now dead. The only person left is… 'Oh no. Please not her!' Claude thought. Lucifer continued on to his last lesson. "Lesson number four. This is your last one." He walks over to his wife and throws her on the ground. Her chest facing upwards. Lucifer took his sword and raised it high above Hannah's heart. "Lesson number four. There is no such thing as love for any demon in Hell." With that stated, he was about to bring his sword down before Claude spoke up. "NO! PLEASE DON'T! I BEG OF YOU! I AM PLEADING FOR YOU TO NOT DO THIS! PLEASE, SHE IS ALL I HAVE LEFT. I WILL DO ANYTHING YOU SAY, ANYTHING YOU WISH! JUST PLEASE, DON'T TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME!" Claude was on the brink of tears. He just couldn't lose his wife. He's lost Thompson, Canterbury, and Timber. If he loses Hannah, he may lose his sanity. Lucifer looked at Claude as if he was in thought. With a smile on his face, he answered with one. "…No" and swiftly stabbed Hannah in the heart. "HANNAAAAH!" His voice echoed. Claude couldn't hold it anymore. The tears began to fall from his eyes as he struggled and yelled to the top of his lungs. He broke his promise to his family. He was supposed to protect them at all cost, and he didn't do it. He failed. As he cried softly to himself, Lucifer spoke. "Now that you know of these lessons, will you do the same ignorant acts again?". Claude had stopped crying and just looked at Lucifer. He was too depressed to stand against him anymore. He just lost everything he ever loved. With guilt weighing on his mind, heart, and soul, he answered with a monotone voice "No.""No, what?" Lucifer insisted. "No this will not happen again… Lord Lucifer." Claude said. He felt depressed. He felt great despair. He felt… broken. He is a shell of what he used to be. Lucifer must have been happy with his response because he smiled an actually happy one. "Good to hear. Now this is the Faustus I know. Obedient and loyal.And as a reward for being a good little demon again, I will allow you to recover from today's events." He walked closer to Claude until he was a few inches from him. With Lucifer standing above Claude, he raised turn his sword spun it around so he would be holding the blade instead of the handle. Lucifer raised it up in the air and held it there in a striking position. "Pleasant dreams Claude. I will see you when you wake up." And with that, Lucifer swung his sword down. The handle of the sword harshly connected with Claude's temple on the left side of his head. Claude's vision blurred quickly. His last thought was "Hannah. My children. I have failed you all…I am so sorry." before his vision turned completely dark and he slipped into the black sea of unconsciousness.

End of nightmare

"C…de…"

"Cl…de. Wake …p"

"Claude."

"CLAUDE!"

Claude awoken from his face being slapped harshly, making his head snap to the left a little from the impact and leaving a red hand print in its place. He opened his eyes slowly, trying to get used to the light in the abandoned ware house that was blaring down upon him. Once his vision cleared up and he adapted to the light, he moved his half lidded golden eyes slowly and rested them on the person who slapped him. He wasn't surprised to find Sebastian there, staring at him with such… worry? Concern?

'No, my eyes are playing tricks on me. I'm finally going delusional.' Claude thought as he continued to stare at his tormentor. "Claude, can you hear me?" Sebastian asked, feeling rather concerned for Claude's wellbeing. He knows he tortured him, but to what extent? Claude on the other hand thinks he's completely gone nuts. Sebastian doesn't care about him. This is just a trick for him to fall for. But Claude answered him anyway. "…Yes." He didn't miss how hoarse his voice is, and neither did Sebastian. 'Has it been 4 weeks already?' Claude thought. But before he could anything, he noticed Sebastian was… releasing him? And it seems he's in a rush as well. "We have to go before it's too late." said Sebastian as he finished unbinding his arms and legs, and started to help him sit up and stand up. Unfortunately, Claude wasn't able to hold his own weight due to the fact that he's been strapped to that table for 6 weeks, and almost fell on the ground. But Sebastian caught him and helped him back up to his feet. He place Claude's right arm over his shoulder behind his neck, while he wrapped his own left arm around Claude's waist to hold him up as they began to walk out of the ware house. It was midnight, the perfect time to move about undetected. Claude was confused. Wasn't Sebastian his tormentor a few minutes ago? Now he's helping him get out of his torture. What the hell is going on? Why is he being nice and caring all of a sudden? "Michaelis… why are you… helping me?" he asked. Just by speaking alone made him tired. "I never really wanted to hurt you, but it was the only option I had at the time. For that, I am sorry. But you are needed in this war Claude. Not only to fight for what we believe in, but to get revenge for what we lost. For who we lost… For who you and I both lost." Claude now understands what Sebastian is saying. He also understands the situation he was just in. Sebastian used the torture as a diversion, but for what? He will have to asked that later. But for now… "Who are we fighting against?" he asked. Sebastian looked Claude dead in the eye and spoke with seriousness "…Lucifer." With that said, Sebastian guided his way to The Phantomhive manor where Claude can recover from. It was a good thing it was past midnight, he didn't need the other servants knowing this. He opened a spare guest room on the east wing of manor. It was a good place to put Claude, no one went up there to the East wing. That's wear Sebastian's room is, so no one was aloud up there without Ciel's permission. "The only other person who was ever up here with Bocchan's permission was Mey-…" Sebastian stopped his thoughts there. He tries not to think of his beloved dead wife and unborn baby. Just like Claude, Sebastian also gets nightmares from such a traumatizing event. Every time he closes his eyes, he sees her. She's happy, smiling, laughing, everything Sebastian misses about her. 'I'm so sorry, my love. I failed you.' he thought with such pain to his heart. He continued to blame himself for her death. 'If only I tried hard-.' "Sebastian!" Said demon was pulled from his dark thoughts by Claude who whispered is name in a yelling way. Sebastian blinked to refocus his mind. "I seemed to have been too far into thought. Ah, here we are." Sebastian opened the door to the guest room, stepped inside, helped Claude sit on the bed gently, and closed the door behind them. Claude wanted to ask so many questions for he was still confused on the turn of events. However, Sebastian had other plans. He pulled the covers back and helped Claude lay down in between the bed and the sheets after taking his shoes off. He then pulled the covers back over Claude. Sebastian knows Claude is tired, he can tell by how his eyes have dark circles under them. From what Sebastian could see, Claude would need to sleep for at least 5 days. A week at maximum. He noticed Claude was constantly blinking. A little more than normal. It was obvious on what Claude was trying to do. He was stopping himself from sleeping. When you have nightmares, you don't really rest, you know. Sebastian sympathizes. He knows how it feels to be afraid to sleep at night. He's gone through it many times and he still does till this day. "Claude, I know you have nightmares. But you'll collapse from exhaustion if you don't rest." Even with Sebastian's reasoning, Claude still shook his head. He refused to go back to that hellish past of his. "No, I… don't want to… go back." he said. Sebastian knew this would happen which is why he came prepared. But he'll give him one last chance to go to sleep on his own. "Claude, I will have no choice but to force you into slumber if you don't go on your own." The spider demon didn't see the difference. Either way, he'll have that nightmare again. That terrible, horrible, evil nightmare. "I can't. It's too… much. Too many bodies, too much blood… too much pain. Please… don't make me go back. I beg of…you" Claude pleaded with Sebastian weakly. He seriously didn't want to go back to that nightmare. Sebastian sighed. He truly felt bad for Claude. But it looks like he has no choice. Sebastian reach inside of his butlers jacket an pulled out a syringe filled with the same substance that he used on him the last time. But this time he has just enough to make him sleep for at least 4 days. He was about to inject it into his neck but Claude grabbed his wrist weakly. "Sebastian, please don't do this. I can't take it anymore." he begged. He would have fought Sebastian if it weren't for his body being completely injured. He was too weak to even try. Just raising his hand depletes half of his energy. Sebastian gave him an apologetic look and took his hand from Claude's grasp gently. He then turned Claude's head to the side "Claude it's for your own good." and injected the substance from the syringe into his vain in his neck. The effects, once again, came instantly. His vision blurred greatly, and all sounds around him were fading. His eyes closed against his will. He's going to return back to that nightmare and relive it all over again. "Mich…aelis" he muttered sleepily. He couldn't fight the drug. It was impossible. So he gave up. The last thing he heard was "Do not fret Claude. I promise you, if your dreams become too painful for you, I will awaken you. When you awaken, I will answer whatever questions you have. In the meantime, good night Claude. I wish you many pleasant dreams." before he fell into the void of unconsciousness once again.

So, this was a rather long chapter. I didn't intend to do that. The idea's kept popping into my head and… whatever. I thank you all for reading the first chapter. If you are reading this, you have just completed the 2nd chapter. A war is created. Will they succeed? Who was Sebastian's beloved? How did Sebastian lose her and the unborn child? How do they plan on taking down Lucifer? Does Lucifer know? What was the purpose of Sebastian torturing Claude? Are they going to create an army or storm in there and kill Lucifer their selves? Why are Sebastian and Claude so darn sexy? Will I ever stop asking questions? We'll find this all out and more in Chapter 3. Here's a quick summary.

Chap 3: As Claude awakens from his slumber, he starts his quest to get answers from Sebastian. It seems Michaelis has been planning this for a while. Claude speaks about his dead family… or are they dead? But there is a twist in this. It seems a different supernatural race desires to join Claude and Sebastian in their quest even though they hate demons. And… Claude has a brother who's a shinigami?!

Your lazy author: Vidgealz C. Valvatore ^_^